Mission Statement

The Maria House provides a bridge for homeless women, with or without children, striving to move from homelessness to self-sufficiency and independent living. The Teresa Shelter provides emergency and transitional shelter for all women, with or witho... Read more

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Mission Statement

The Maria House provides a bridge for homeless women, with or without children, striving to move from homelessness to self-sufficiency and independent living.

The Teresa Shelter provides emergency and transitional shelter for all women, with or without children, who find themselves homeless due to circumstances beyond their control.

Mission Statement

Our Mission Statement

Opening Doors offers hospitality and opportunity to women, alone or with children, who need emergency or transitional housing and related support services.

Our Vision

Our vision is to offer a variety of opportunities for women to affirm their dignity and to achieve their potential for independent living in an environment that will benefit the neighborhood.

Our Values

Compassion

Respect

Affirmation

Hospitality

Description

For a decade, Opening Doors has provided Doorways to Hope for women in seemngly hopeless circumstances. Starting with emergency/transitional housing at Teresa Shelter and progressing through life skills and educatiuonal programs at Maria House, homeless women transform into productive taxpaying citizens, good parents and responsible home owners of renters